The Marvel Universe needs a new incarnation of this early 2000s X-Team

THE X-Men have brought together countless different formations, each dedicated to the mutant cause in their own way. From X-Factor to X-Force, the methods and status of these teams vary depending on their specific missions, and no two X-Teams are ever exactly the same. With things looking darker than ever for Earth’s mutant population, a team the world could use to make a comeback first appeared in the pages of X-Treme X-Men.

Officially classified as an X-Treme Sanctions Executive, this band of mutants fought together in the pages of X-Treme X-Men series – written by Chris Claremont, X-Men icon, alongside Salvador Larroca, Igor Kordey and many others. Led by Storm, these X-Treme mutants operated for a time as a UN-sanctioned peacekeeping task force.

As such, they were legally allowed to intervene in conflicts involving human mutants across the world. With fan-favorite members like Bishop, Rogue, and more in their lineup, the given their current existential situation. conflict with Orchis.

X-Treme Times calls for X-Treme answers

Assuming much of a post-Orchis world remains after Mutantkind’s Krakoan era is over, humanity will have to be reminded that the X-Men always have and will always be there to protect the world, even if it hates and fears them. Yes, fighting alongside heroes like Captain America and Iron Man helps “legitimize” them in the eyes of their potential detractors, but it’s important that the X-Men remind humans that mutants have been fighting for survival long before the Avengers. and their allies began to take human/mutant relations seriously. In many ways, the X-Treme Sanctions Executive was arguably the precursor to the Avengers Unity Squad now active.

Both are officially recognized entities that serve as a milestone in human-mutant relations, and they both combat their share of anti-mutant bigotry quite frequently. However, while the Uncanny Avengers definitely have their place in reshaping humanity’s perception of mutants, ultimately the X-Treme Sanctions Executive would be just as necessary in the current moment in the Marvel Universe . That being said, no one would hesitate to train Orchis to form their own X-Treme Sanctions Executive, yet another psychological operation against the world’s population – a fake team of “good” mutants destined to fail in order to further drag down the Men. through the mud. They have already shown themselves willing to resort to such tactics, as evidenced by their Captain Krakoa under false flag, as well as the new Mutant Liberation Front.

A mutant-led peacekeeping force could have a hugely significant impact

A team of ineffective, if not downright evil, mutants could completely sabotage the X-Men’s cause, further inflaming the conflict they are meant to avoid. Along with other entities supported by Orchis, such as Mutant Liberation Frontand even Sable International – also working to undermine the validity of the Mutant Cause, a tarnished or corrupted version of the mutant peacekeeping operation first introduced in X-Treme X-Men the team would do as much harm as a true resurrection of the team would help. It’s simply a matter of who will bring back the X-Treme Sanctions Executive first and how committed they are to their ideals.

The X-Men are well known for their spin-off rostersbut few rosters were as underrated or as crucial as the X-Treme Sanctions Executive was to the franchise in the early 2000s. Especially since the original concept hasn’t been exploited to its fullest extent, meaning there’s room to do more with it creatively. Regardless of whether a newly resurrected incarnation would work for or against the mutant cause, as an officially sanctioned mutant entity, it would have a major impact on the dynamic between humans and mutants across the world. Regardless, the Marvel Comics Universe desperately needs to return to one of the most interesting concepts in X-Treme X-Men.